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The first principle from which stems the moral of about all people at all time; it is summarized in this precept: Love thy neighbour as thyself, and: do as you would be done by.

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To sacrifice the moral to the physical, as is done in these days, is to sacrifice reality for a shadow.
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Moral Physical Reality Sacrifice Shadow
If the present civilisation does not acquire some stable moral fondations (“bases morales stables”, Fr.), its existence will hardly be more assured than that of the civilisations that have preceeded it, and which have fallen (or collapse, or failed).
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Acquire Civilisation Doe Existence Foundation Moral More Stable
Arbitrariness and true liberty are as distinct from each other that the empirical nature is distinct from the higher nature of man.
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Arbitrariness Distinct Each Empirical Higher Liberty Man Nature Other
There is a radical dualism between the empirical nature of man and its moral nature.
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Empirical Man Moral Nature Radical
To reform society, and with it humanity, there is only one mean; to transform the mentality of men, to direct them (“les orienter”, Fr.) in a new spirit.
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Humanity Man Mean Mentality Reform Society Transform
Having no consideration (regardless or irrespective of) for others (“autrui”, Fr.), than we physically are by a sickening (or nauseating) smell.
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Consideration Irrespective Physically Regardless Sickening Smell
Only a moral education based on free inner discipline can bring to bear a salutary action and lead to a true morality.
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Action Bear Discipline Education Inner Lead Morality Salutary
The more his character, by rising above material contingencies, widen, become free and independent.
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Above Become Character Contingencies Free Independent Material More Rising Widen
There are (or is) indeed no contradiction between science and religion, the fields of which are different, and which, far from mutually fighting and persecute, must, on the contrary, complete each other.
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Contradiction Different Field Fighting Religion Science
The well understood equity as well as interest of society demand that we work on much more to prevent crime and offenses than to punish them.
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Crime Demand Equality Interest More Much Understood Work
For, when all is said and done, at what is aiming all this display (or deployment) of activity, if not to realized outward profits, to provide material pleasure (or enjoyment).
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Activity Aiming Display Deployment Material Outward Pleasant Profit
The concept of absolute, hence (or whence) springs, in the moral field, the moral laws or norms, represent, in the field of knowledge.
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Absolute Concept Law Mind Moral Norm Repre Spring
The basic notion of justice, is that the rights of everybody are equals, in principle. In the rights of others, we have to respect our own rights. It is only in that condition that we can reasonnably require that it be respected by others.
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Basic Equal Justice Notion Principle Right
Whether we had a (good) moral intuition more developed, we would be as much morally disgusted by the rapacity of those who try to benefit from, and monopolize (or secure or corner).
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Developed Disgusted Good Intuition Moral Smell Trying
The supreme blossoming of character lies (or reside) in renounciation (or renuncement) and abnegation of self (“abnégation de soi”, Fr.)
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Character Lying Renouncement Renunciation Self Supreme
The first principle from which stems the moral of about all people at all time; it is summarized in this precept: Love thy neighbour as thyself, and: do as you would be done by.
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First Moral People Principle Stem Summarized Time

The first principle from which stems the moral of about all people at all time; it is summarized in this precept: Love thy neighbour as thyself, and: do as you would be done by.

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The first principle from which stems the moral of about all people at all time; it is summarized in this precept: Love thy neighbour as thyself, and: do as you would be done by.

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